Machine element or mechanism – Gearing – Directly cooperating gears
Patent
1989-08-22
1991-06-11
Herrmann, Allan D.
Machine element or mechanism
Gearing
Directly cooperating gears
744248R, 74459, F16H 2522
Patent
active
050222775
ABSTRACT:
A ball screw has a plurality of planar tracks of bearing balls arranged around the inner surface of the nut of a screw and nut machine. The shape of each track is designed to fit around a planar cross-section of the screw threads and each of the plurality of tracks is oriented at different angles with respect to the other tracks. A carrier is placed between the nut and screw and maintains the bearing balls separated from one another. In addition, each of the plurality of tracks are spaced at a fraction of the pitch of the screw thread pitch. By making each track planar, the bearing balls circulate within each track independently of the other tracks. In addition, a technique to design the shape of the track for a given thread shape includes determining the tangential point of each ball along the thread. The tracks may be divided into groups having a forward drive and reverse drive bias and the track may be made larger than the bearing balls to reduce wear at the thread peak.
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Barron Harry W.
Consolier Industries, Inc.
Herrmann Allan D.
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